Learning Community

Academic support

Students are supported throughout their course by their Academic Advisors and also benefit from the School’s peer mentoring scheme, which links them to students in a later year to meet with and discuss their studies.

Societies

A large number of medical student societies provide specialist interest groups and expand our student’s range of interests beyond the curriculum content.

Employability

The School also provides a dedicated careers advisor who delivers one-to-one advice, along with organising career fairs and events, which allow students to explore the broad range of employment opportunities that follow a Liverpool MBChB degree.

Peer Mentor Network

The School's Peer Mentor Network provides Year 1 student doctors with support as they settle into their studies and the community here at the School of Medicine. There are several different mentor programmes available, and this support runs throughout your time at The School of Medicine.

Student support and wellbeing

The School of Medicine takes its academic and pastoral support of students very seriously.

All students are allocated an Academic Advisor who meets with them at specific times during the year, throughout the course.

We recognise that adapting to University or living away from home is challenging and that being a medical student can be stressful. The University has a Student Services team that are available to help students with day to day concerns.

The School also benefits from its own Student Support and Wellbeing team. The team operates an open door policy, ensuring any medical students experiencing difficulties can access the appropriate support.

Listening

The School actively listens to our students and values their views, working to ensure that they feel part of the learning community that the University of Liverpool is renowned for, whether on campus or on placement.

Student feedback is gathered regularly as part of the formal quality assurance of our educational provision. We manage action plans in response to this through our Quality Assurance Group and in close liaison with our education providers.

The School also holds regular Staff/Student Liaison Committee meetings attended by student representatives. Student representatives have an important role in providing a voice for the student body, and can develop important leadership and management skills as a result.

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